May is the Gateway to Summer – May Monthly Layouts: Plan With Me
May doesn’t officially start summer in our house until the kids are out (the last week and a half of May) but summer is definitely on the brain. Since school is almost out, I wanted to accommodate our summer plans/May monthly layouts in my bullet journal. Looking back at my planner for the past month, I’ve filled out less and less of my weekly spreads as I get more and more ready for summer.
Watch the Planning Video Below
Make sure to hit subscribe in the lower right-hand corner of the video! I decided to do the April flip through & May weeklies in a different video.
How I Created the Spreads:
Welcome Page:
I went back and forth on the welcome page – on the one hand, I wanted a welcome page for May, for another, just an introduction to Summer. So I switched the banner from ‘May’ to ‘Summer’ and added the blurb about May on the left side. My amazing friend Kiki (find her Instagram here) created a class on SkillShare – how to make consistent block letters. All I have to say is ‘and how!’ (is that a real phrase?!)
Monthly Calendar
For the monthly calendar, I took my favorite supply of Crayola markers and painted the colors inside the boxes like a paint swatch. You can erase pencil when watercoloring this way unlike regular watercolor paints and write over them with any ink once dry (takes a very brief amount of time to dry). Once the page dried, I erased the pencil marks.
In this case, each box was 2 cm x 2 cm square or 4 boxes square. Perfect for visual planning and plenty of space around the edges for notes and to-dos.
I’ll show you what I did for the weekly pages in the next post. Here’s a hint: I didn’t know what I was going to do when I started on the pages, it’s simple, and I like it.
Mentioned in the Video:
- Skillshare – Making Consistent Block Letters by Kiki B
- Color Combinations Pinterest Board or My Pinterest Profile
- April Plan with Me – Monthly
- April Plan With Me – Weekly
- March Plan With Me – Weekly
- Favorite Beginner Lettering Supplies
- May Plan With Me – Weekly
Question:
What’s your favorite technique in your planner?
~Tricia
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Your May calendar is BEAUTIFUL! I love that design! And the color scheme is perfect for the spring weather that has finally arrived!
Thank you lady!!! It was so fun to make. I was a little nervous to erase the boxes, but as I erased more and more I became happier and happier!!